ABC v Telegraph – CA grants injunction
The Court of Appeal (Sir Terence Etherton, Master of the Rolls, Underhill V-P LJ, and Henderson LJ) handed down judgment on Tuesday 23rd October 2018 granting an interim injunction and allowing the Claimants’ appeal, overturning… Read More »
Revised Editor’s Code of Practice
The Editors’ Code of Practice Committee has published a revised version of the Editors’ Code of Practice, which will come into for on 1 January 2016. The main changes to the Code are: An amendment… Read More »
Crime and Courts Act: damages provisions in force
Tomorrow (3 November 2015) the provisions at sections 34-39 Crime and Courts Act 2013 relating to exemplary and aggravated damages in claims against the press come into force. The provisions automatically come into a force a… Read More »
IPSO requires front page references to corrections
Press regulator IPSO has required newspapers to publish front page references to corrections in two separate recent rulings. In both cases IPSO upheld complaints in relation to clause 1 of the Editor’s Code of Practice –… Read More »
IPSO consults on arbitration scheme
Press regulator IPSO has issued a consultation paper investigating the potential for the use of an arbitration scheme for civil legal claims against the newspaper and magazine industry. The proposed scheme would deal with complaints… Read More »
House of Lords on Press Regulation
On 23 March, the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications released its report: Press Regulation: where are we now? The Committee’s report discusses the history of press regulation, what has happened since the publication… Read More »
Press Recognition Panel established
The Press Recognition Panel, an independent body set up by the Royal Charter granted on 30 October 2013, was established today. The body, chaired by Dr David Wolfe QC, was set up in response to the… Read More »
OFCOM recommends press self-regulation
OFCOM has submitted its recommendations on the future of press regulation to The Leveson Inquiry. At the end of evidence given by the Chairman and CEO of Ofcom to the Leveson Enquiry on 1 February… Read More »